(At the Hallowe'en feast)

Harry was just helping himself to jacket potatoes when Professor Quirrell came sprinting into the Hall, his turban askew and terror on his face. Everyone stared as he reached Professor Dumbledore's chair, slumped against the table and gasped "Troll-in the dungeons-thought you ought to know."

Then he sunk to the floor in a dead faint.

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As they jostled past frightened Hufflepuffs Draco appeared at their side, startling them and grabbing the sleeves of their robes, and said "Hermione. She doesn't know about the troll."

They both looked at him. Ron bit his lip.

"Oh, all right! But Percy better not see us."

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"The key's in the lock. We could lock the troll in." Draco mused.

"Be quick…" Harry muttered.

Draco motioned for them to stay back, flashed forward and shut the door, locking it in two swift motions. Flushed with success, Draco said "Now let's go and-"

He was interrupted by a high-pitched scream coming from the door he'd locked.

"Ah….damn I knew it wasn't going to be that easy."

None of them wanted to go in the room and face a troll, but as it was their fault Hermione was now locked in the room with it. Harry rushed to open the door, fumbling the lock in his panic.

Hermione was sitting against the wall looking as if she were about to faint as the troll clumsily advanced, knocking sinks off the walls.

"Confuse it!" Ron shouted, seizing a tap and tossing it at the wall.

The troll went still, blinking stupidly at the noise. It swung around searching for the source of the sound. Its eyes landed on Draco, Ron and Harry. It paused, then made up its tiny mind and walked to them, its footfalls echoing off the bathroom walls.

"Oy, pea-brain!" Harry taunted, throwing a metal pipe at it. It did not appear to notice the pipe, but thick as it was, it could still hear, and Harry had purposefully been loud. It turned its ugly snout toward him instead of Ron, giving Draco room enough to circle around it.

"Come on Hermione! Run!" Despite his best efforts, Hermione seemed to be petrified with shock and terror, her mouth open in a silent scream.

All their shouting seemed to be driving the troll mad. It howled and started towards Ron, who being closest, had no way of escaping.

Harry then did the most brave and stupid thing in the entire history of Gryffindor. He took a running leap, and managed to get a hold around the troll's neck. Now, the troll may not have noticed Harry hanging on to it, but even a troll will notice if you stick eleven inches of wood up its nose, and Harry had been holding his wand when he jumped. Consequently, it ended up jammed in the troll's left nostril, where it remained quite stuck.

Ron and Draco both panicked, and fired off spells at the same time. Draco hit it with a partial freezing charm which only put its legs out of commission. Ron, on the other hand, had another go at the "Wingardium Leviosa" and was as shocked as any when the club that they had not noticed the troll dropping rose into the air, turned over and dropped with a sickening crack onto its owners head. The troll, with a thud that caused the room to shake, fell flat on its face.

They waited in shocked silence. Hermione was first to speak. "Is it…dead?"

"No," replied Draco uncertainly "Just knocked out I think. Er-are you all right?"

"Yes thank you."

"And you Harry? Are you okay Ron?" he asked, turning to his fellow Gryffindors.

They both nodded, and in that moment Professor McGonagall, Professors Snape and Quirrell burst into the room.

"Ah well," thought Draco "And now to deal with the aftermath."

(After this it proceeds the same way as in the book, except Hermione mentions Draco's part in disabling the troll, Draco earns them an extra five points, and Draco is friends with Hermione along with Ron and Harry.)

SO SORRY for the long wait. I was using my time converting a few Twihards into Potterheads. Our ranks are growing! Soon we will take over the world! *Evil laughter*

I didn't say that! Just ignore the taking over the world bit, that's good, skip it thank you very much. Please review. I NEED REVEIWS! Oh, and thanks to people who did review, you people are awesome! And yes, I know I suck.